
E25: We are the Burnout Generation
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
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The Truth About Directed Attention Fatigue Onlinkdon
i see no easy way out for our generation. There's no yoga class, or like tredmill desk, that's going to cure your barnout. A chronic state of mild to severe sleep deprivation causes the brain's executive function to deteriorate and reduces the capacity for decision making. That is 100 percent what i foken felt because of my mild sleep deprivation. The ongoing result of mild sleep deprivation, coupled with a constant sense of urgency, is the descent into a permanent fog of low grade anxiety,. worsened by dulling at the edges. It's much, much deeper than th it was taught to you when you were in school.
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